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Thanks! If you want a look behind the scenes, the thrusters are a very dense structure based on the unique geometry of part 3145 (which also show up in large numbers for attaching the main hull panels). Thanks for sharing! Art books is not something I've really looked into before, but it seems like a worthwhile endeavor.

Thanks! Interestingly the star shape at the front is all just simple connections to the spines that support the teal exterior panels (though those were themselves a bit trickier to get right) Thanks! It's actually teal (tricky color to get right in pictures, straight from the camera it looked like medium azure). Best guess for part count is somewhere upwards of 10k, knowing that there's 2 to 3k teal pieces and another 2k+ brackets / SNOT pieces hidden in there, and that I went through the majority of my 1x and 2x plates. Thank you! I had to look them up, but the general feel seems to match, indeed. Reminds me that last year's group shot made someone think of this piece.

I hadn't made the futurama connection yet myself, but it makes total sense! I haven't really figured the display part out yet (and this is SHIP number three)... Thanks! I was trying to channel some "naval ram" kind of design for the front end (and a bit of ocean liner funnels on the top), so it's nice that that's somewhat noticeable!

Another year, another SHIP. Built for SHIPtember 2025. This is easily the biggest project I've ever undertaken at a length of 160 studs, a weight of 13.5 kg and probably upwards of 10,000 parts.

There's some more WIP shots in the album on flickr (link), but this shows most of what's inside: (the grills are trans-neon orange )

Started as an attempt for SHIPtember 2023, finished just ever so slightly overdue. The starting point was an experimental rough frame sketch using only znap pieces, no technic beams whatsoever, which was then reinforced with stacked plates all around (and on some internal nooks and crannies). For 10.5 kg of plastic, the end result is surprisingly strong, stable, and swooshable. For the exterior, the curved front section with trilateral symmetry was probably the most difficult to get figured out, but in the end I'm actually quite pleased with the results (although it took a bit more time than I would've liked...)